Nakoruru: Anohito kara no Okurimono

Nakoruru: Ano Hito kara no Okurimono, abbreviated as "Nakorimo" or Nakoruru ADV internationally, is an adventure game developed by Inter-lets as a spin-off of the Samurai Shodown series. It was released on July 6, 2001 in Japan for the Windows operating systems and later for the Sega Dreamcast. The game was scheduled to be available at the same time as Samurai Shodown: Warriors Rage but experienced several setbacks due to the game's changing sponsors. This game tells the story of one of the characters from SNK's popular fighting series Samurai Spirits: the girl Nakoruru. She comes from Kamuikotan, a small village on Japan's most northern island, Hokkaido, which is populated by Ainu, a nation with its own culture and traditions. The time of the game is set somewhere between the fighting tournaments where Nakoruru participates. She comes back to her home village, but the village elder sense evil, and her friends are worried about her. This is where you enter the picture - you play Mikato, a little girl who was told by the village elder to keep an eye on Nakoruru. The relationship between Mikato, Nakoruru, and other village inhabitants form the core of the game's story.